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This is Digital Mobile Radio for Ham Radio Operators with a primary flavor for the Pacific Northwest.
Within this " ​Parent​ " ​​ DMR ​IO Group ​ are also PNW DMR ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW ) , DCI ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/DCI ) and several other subgroups ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/DMR-Main/subgroups ). Some groups have open membership while others have some restrictions so read the introductions closely as there may be conditions that you must satisfy such as providing your call sign, location, etc. If a group has restrictions or requests more information from you, don't ignore the request...as you likely will not be granted membership without that information. This is a *key requirement for most of our sub-groups, please enter your name, Call, Location and Radio ID's in your subscription profile as soon as posible.*
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Please add your First Name, Call Sign ​, Location (City/ST) and your DMR radio ID numbers​ to your profile also. This group is the best place to set up your profile with this needed information as it will be carried over to any of the subgroups that you may elect to join now or later here at PNW DMR. You only need to set it up 1 time if you update your subscription profile right here and from within the DMR-Main group. It is a time saver for you and our IO Group admins if done NOW and here.
Please select a subgroup from the list and checkout these groups directly: *https://dmr.groups.io/g/DMR/subgroups* ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/DMR/subgroups )
Do Not post in this main group, always select a sub ​-​ group please. If you do post it here, your message will likely be dropped into the bit bucket...
For more information on how to join our groups as quickly as possibly, see our details page ( http://www.trbo.org/pnw/joining-groups-io.html ).

Digital Communications Interconnect, DCI was once part of TRBO-6, the original IPSC based Ham Radio Group using DMR in 2009.
Currently using the Yahoo Group, but evaluating IO...not much happening here as yet...

This is a general considerations group to foster MotoTRBO repeater growth and coverage expansion in the Pacific Northwest. This is a subgroup for MotoTRBO repeater owners in Washington British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
FM Repeater owners are generally welcome if they are active in PNW DMR already and are generally interested in deploying MotoTRBO repeaters.
Please update your Subscription Profile to include: call, name, location and optionally more info along the line of the subject of this subgroup. This should be done when you request to join or very soon thereafter. More info on that update *HERE* ( http://www.trbo.org/pnw/joining-groups-io.html ).
The purpose is to be able to discuss TRBO repeater deployment options. Subjects such as which sites, coverages, UHF or VHF, costs, points of contacts, site requirements, existing FM repeaters considered to switch to MotoTRBO, etc.
Membership is primarily by invitation. If this appeals to you, you are welcome to request to join our group. You should update your subscription profile to include the basic information above as well as your interest, experience and why you wish to join. If you know one of the members of this group, please mention that as well. This is not a secret handshake society but a selective private effort to more efficiently expand MotoTRBO DMR in our region through our collective experiences and efforts.
Negotiations or other private stuff is optional and likely best not discussed here. If you are shy, please email: *pnwdmr@gmail.com* and tell us what you don't wish the entire group to know. We look forward to a wide and experienced group of folks who are driven to get things done and hope you will participate and not just lurk...because you can.

MotoTRBO (now more generically DMR) support for Ham Radio Operators in North America.
This group is a transfer-in group from the MotoTRBO USA Yahoo Group created June 29, 2009.
This group promotes the use of Motorola's IPSC as well as the c-Bridge in the Ham community.
The group's focus should help anyone interested in IPSC network administration/codeplug design with an emphasis in the areas of IPSC Protocol implementation and breaking through to the secrets of network management, control and security, primarily by using the c-Bridge.
We hope you all document and share your discoveries or experiences. We want to explore the uses of TRBO and hope that with the efforts by a wider base of members, to learn more and do it more efficiently.
We operate several c-Bridges and more than 30 TRBO repeaters running in multiple states on our IPSC networks. DCI's repeaters are open to all, visitors, travelers and everyday users as all repeaters are open.
We are hopeful that a wider user base will contribute to the group and that will benefit all of us here. Please make an effort to be an active participant.
This group currently uses moderation of all requests to join and new member postings to insure that this is a SPAM-free group. As members become better known to the moderators, we will likely free you from moderation or ask if we don't.
PLEASE read the administrative files. You should keep the posts on topic, update the subject lines to reflect the shifting discussion threads and DO NOT OVER QUOTE. For more details, go into Files; Admin and read up on it.
We hope that you profit from this group and can contribute too. Fewer contributions; less value for everyone, so please jump in. Commercial ads are discouraged unless they benefit us hams as well, so put your price, shipping and details in a post.

DMR repeaters located in Oregon state (with 2 in southwest WA) are part of the PNW DMR network. Oregon North, owned and managed by KB7APU, Loren, operates primarily as a SAR network with priorities aimed at supporting Search and Rescue. Visitors and travelers are welcomed to use these repeaters and the available talkgroups, but regular QSO's should be limited to 10 minutes or so. More info in the PNW Wiki or at the PNW website or Oregon Facebook page. **** PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR CALLSIGN IN YOUR PROFILE ****

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We are a c-Bridge based network of MotoTRBO repeaters located in British Columbia, Idaho, Oregon and Washington with our own direct connecting MMDVM servers. We operate 2 c-Bridges using 2 data centers and more than 50 repeaters, 9 MMDVM servers and 1 Echo Server, all supporting our network operations ( diagram ( http://www.pnwdigital.net/sv/siteview.html ) ). The HamWAN ( http://www.hamwan.org/ ) Microwave backbone is used where possible and we are coordinating our sites and efforts to help grow the HamWAN network along with expansion of the PNW DMR network.
*NOTE:* After requesting to join, you MUST enter your name, call sign, DMR Radio ID numbers and location into your Subscription/profile. Please do not skip this step as it will delay your approval or your request may expire.
This group is the primary support and information vehicle for the users of the Pacific Northwest Ham DMR Networks who are located in Idaho, Oregon and Washington. British Columbia is also affiliated and we share many of our PNW talkgroups with BC-TRBO. Our repeaters are open to any ham to use on talkgroups Local 1 & 2 but you must be a member of this group in order to use the additional networking services. Our membership criteria is based simply on a ham's primary residence location. To join this group and become a member, please provide your name, call and location. Additional information may speed up your approval. More details HERE ( http://www.pnwdigital.net/joining-groups-io.html ).
For the latest Repeater and Network updates, goto *Message 3909* ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW/message/3909 )
We support radio programming in a related sub-group: *https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW-CPS-Programming-Codeplugs* ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW-CPS-Programming-Codeplugs )
We support hotspots and MMDVM services in our related sub-group: *https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW-MMDVM* ( http://dmr.groups.io#h_23046491641554048702204 )
This is an interactive group, so please if you have questions, comments or wish to help others with their DMR activities, jump right in and post. If few participate, then our group will provide poorer support for its members.
We are also ​use MeWe.com as a back-channel support method. Our PNW DMR presence is: mewe.com/join/pnw ( http://mewe.com/join/pnw ) ​ Be sure to answer the questions if you wish to join MeWe.​ Incomplete responses will likely result in not being approved.
New users, PLEASE check out our other support page on PNW at: www.pnwdigital.net ( http://www.pnwdigital.net/ ) for a quick update on repeaters, talkgroups and our best practice page or go to our Wiki ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW/wiki/home ) for that information. All users are expected to have read those pages and operate accordingly. Any questions, please send them to our moderators at: PNW+owner@DMR.groups.io
*Please add your First Name, Call Sign ​, Location (City/ST) and your DMR radio ID numbers​ to your profile also.
* Any other info is optional but always nice (profile image/avatar, sig line or bio is very handy to have) to be able to get to know group members better with a bit of help via their profile. You may make these update now, while waiting for approval. *
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You will not be approved without this information in your profile!
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We are now focusing our build-out efforts to include VHF repeaters all over the state of Washington, with 4 more repeaters ( http://www.trbo.org/pnw/repeaters.html ) (planned) to be added before winter of 2019. We still encourage individuals and clubs, ARES groups, etc to BYOB their own repeaters for fill-in services anywhere in our region. We will assist you in deploying your assets to come onto the PNW DMR Network.
We use MotoTRBO repeaters but are client radio agnostic as long as they work properly on our networks. While MotoTRBO is fully supported and Anytone AT-D878UV (dual band) are the suggested (mid-range cost) HT options, other models may require their owners to support their radios directly. We appreciate and encourage all member to share their codeplugs and experiences with us in our *PNW-CPS-Programming-Codeplugs* ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW-CPS-Programming-Codeplugs ) group.
PNW has added several Brandmeister repeaters and PNW also supports MMDVM devices with our main "Bridget" server but also several others are available for member use. HotSpots are able to connect directly into our network locally, providing an alternative to Brandmeister connections which may lack cross-connection sharing. We also have a number of BM cross-connected talkgroups as well as our own dedicated BM talkgroup: PNW Regional, TG ID 31771 (timeslot 2 on our c-Bridge)
If you are a regular user of PNW DMR networking servers you need to join this group. Visitors to our region and through travelers need not become members.
This is NOT a general DMR group and is only open to members living in our region or those with exceptional reasons if not in our area. We need to know your name, call sign ​, Radio ID's and location at the very minimum, so update your profile and for faster service to be approved, send an Email to: *​ membership@pnwdigital.net ( membership@pnwdigital.net )* with your call, location and why you wish to join.
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This group is not moderated except for the first few posts from a new member or members who post outside of our guidelines. It is your choice if you don't want list posts via Email, please go to your profile and adjust how emails are sent to you. Digesting is a great option to bundle up multiple posts and receive a menu'ed grouping of individual posts all in a single package. ln case of PNW crisis, the moderators may require information to be disseminated ASAP, so we may override your settings to push important system information your way for critical events only.

This group is open to *any PNW DMR member* who has an interest in specific radios, codeplugs, CPS and/or Programming. Before you join this group, you must be a member of *PNW IO Group* ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW ) , our primary IO group. Many of the DMR sub-groups require membership in our primary IO group.
This is the PNW group for discussion of DMR radios in detail, their codeplug minutia, a codeplug clearinghouse so-to-speak. This group is especially for feedback on the "official" codeplugs for this group. Ideally we will have a master coder adopting their codeplugs and agreeing to keep them current. If you have created a plug, share it with the group.
Also this will be the place to post corrections, updates, changes and additional needs to that "Master" codeplug. We hope to make this the clearinghouse for PNW codeplugs and to make it easier to weed out the mistakes that are in all codeplugs. And not clutter up our main IO group with all the chatter about codeplugs.
Remember, you must be a member of *PNW DMR* ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/PNW ) before you can join this PNW subgroup.

This is an organizing subgroup only. Limited to those attending PNW admins, repeater owners or other vested members. It may be used again, so the members of this group may be reset for a new event. Call it IO group recycling.
If your profile lacks your name, call, location, radio ID numbers, a .sig or a bio...it is likely your request will be rejected.
The meet-up for September 2018 is over. This group will remain idle now until the next event planning.
The photo above is from our Moses Lake Symposium in October of 2017, not a core meeting but well attended training event.

This is a closed group for repeater owners, site managers and other major contributors who may have assets dedicated to PNW DMR or otherwise a stake or vested interest in the PNW DMR Network
This is not the PNW DMR Admin Team but a more general group that would deal with current repeater and networking issues, updates, changes and such on a more system-wide basis as well as local repeater issues if you wish to discuss your issues. Issues could be repeater networking, one-ways, the talkgroup deck, timers, user problems, jammers, etc.
If you have specific issues with the networking resources, issues outside of your control, please Email the PNW DMR Admin Team: pnwdmr@gmail.com if you do not wish to discuss them here.
Issues may be more administrative and if it involves more than just a user or issues on your repeater, feel free to share it with the wider group.
The admin team will not necessarily know there are networking issues, so if you notice something amiss, please drop us a note.
It goes without saying that if you share it here, consider it public, so if the information is sensitive, please keep in mind that what you say here can be heard there, so-to-speak.

If you are interested the PNW DMR group and you otherwise can't join our area members group but you wish to have some involvement, you are welcome to join here, ask questions of us, request codeplugs, repeater coverage etc. We will help you out.
Please add this basic information to your Subscription Profile: Name, Call Sign and your location (City, State). We would very much appreciate you adding to your sig line as well as add an avatar and put some detail in your Bios, but that is optional.
If you don't provide your name/Call/Location, you likely will not be approved and if you are, you likely will remain moderated past the standard 1-3 posts.
Hope to see you soon.

Projects and other development work by a dedicated group of PNW members who work to create more and/or better services on behalf of PNW DMR
Email seems to be a poor method to tie together all the talent and reduce duplication, it is hoped that this restricted group will be an aid in coordination of the efforts and work to be a supplement to the OpenProjects server now in place.
More to follow...

*First Annual DMR Gathering at Valley Camp for 2019 - May 17 to 19*
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This group is for organizing our events such as has been done in the past with the Blaine Clinic, the Moses Lake Symposium and now the long languishing West Siders planning at Valley Camp. Other event planning or recycling could be done later as well.
If you would like to assist in the organizing, volunteering or other aspects to help bring this event to Valley Camp, you can request membership. We are not looking for lookieLou's on this project, so don't request to join unless you honestly wish to help with is event. Please send any additional info on how you might be able to assist to the group at: *PNW+Events@DMR.groups.io*
So the current event to be organized is ambitious known as the First Annual "DMR Gathering" to be held at Valley Camp in May 2019. This group will likely evolve but for now, my experience has been that Email organization just gets cluttered, information lost and generally painful when mixed in with one's primary Email.
So check out the group if you are interested in helping the event team. Thom K7FZO and Bob AF9W are the primary event planners for the DMR Gathering in May 2019...along with the PNW DMR admin team. If you are invited and not interested ignore it or join, your choice.
And as Scott, he is hopeful this becomes an annual event...We shall see...
Mike, NO7RF

A place keeper for Idaho State if there is any interest. Currently the solo Idaho repeater closely follows Washington state due to stateline proximity as well as excellent overlapping coverage with the Spokane repeater.

This group is now intended to supplement the PNW DMR IO group and all MMDVM related posts should be made here and not in the PNW IO group. You must be a member of the PNW DMR IO Group in order to join this sub-group. Posts about MMDVM related matters should not be posted in the PNW IO group but should now be discussed in this sub-group.
Anything related to PNW DMR's implementation of MMDVM, our servers, talkgroup decks, is welcome here. You must me a member of PNW DMR to join this list. *
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This is an alternative sub-group that won't have true restrictions. If it is not about Ham, Radio, DMR, etc and you feel you must post something...especially when a topic is locked or moderated in the other PNW groups, then this is your new home.
Politics and Religion if you must, bad Email, Phishing, whatever you like. While your motivations may be pure, it is just not the place to go off-topic.
If you join this group, then buyer beware. If your topic is locked, bring it here, if your topic is moderated and you can't get your topics approved, bring it here.
But please, don't pollute our radio related sub-groups with unrelated posts that will drive away our members. We get enough of that on Facebook.
This is a group for PNW members...not an open PoS group for everyone. If you are not on PNW, do not join nor post.

This is a closed group that will be used to support our NCS's, Repeater Owners, Network contributers and other hams with a vested interest in our Nets, Gatherings, Not-A-Nets and other dedicated support for passing information out to our general membership.
If you wish to join this group, please request to join and put something in your Subscription Profile Bio (bios can be individually tailored for each sub-group) that provides us with the needed information for your access and your interest in this group. You may also submit an Email to this groups owner or pnwdmr@gmail.com ( pnwdmr@gmail.co ) if you like but something in your Bio should be sufficient. We just would like to something more than a casual interest in the group.
Any requests to join will likely be ignored if submitted with no profile updates or are not already a member of our primary DMR group supporting PNW DMR in the Pacific Northwest.

PNW DMR's support and use of *MikroTik's Router* ( https://mikrotik.com/products/group/ethernet-routers ) and *Operating System* ( https://mikrotik.com/software ). Also used by HamWAN as well as our data center supporters. All RouterOS is the same across their line of routers, so only a single version to learn.
If you are a PNW DMR member (or close cousin) and want to learn more about these powerful and inexpensive routers, this might be the place.
NOTE: the *MikroTik RB750Gr3* ( https://mikrotik.com/product/RB750Gr3 ) is around *$50 Prime at Amazon* ( https://www.amazon.com/Mikrotik-RB750Gr3-5-port-Ethernet-Gigabit/dp/B01MSUMVUB )

Secure Stuff for Hams: PGP and ProtonMail
Hams only please unless you provide good reasons otherwise. Hams not part of PNW, please provide reasoning as well. We are not a general support group.
Please add your name, call and location to your subscription profile after your request to join. If that information is not provided by your profile, you likely will not be approved.

This is a group primarily to support the Ham radio c-Bridge managers, administrator, IPSC users, developers and 3rd party services and tool creators who are using the talkgroups services provided by DRMX.
If you are interested in the c-Bridge more generally, then consider our open, public group at: *https://dmr.groups.io/g/c-Bridge-Public* ( https://dmr.groups.io/g/c-Bridge-Public )
This group is closed, so you must provide your call, name, c-Bridge representation or other credentials by adding them to your subscription profile. This can be done as soon as you make your request to join. If you don't provide any info in your subscription profile, then your request will not be approved and groups.IO will drop your request after 14 days.
This group's privacy settings will be maxed out, so unless you post, members won't be able to see that you are a member. The public is blocked completely except for search hits to locate this group and then the group's homepage info which you are reading now. This may be relaxed in the future depending on member preferences, but we choose to lock it down in an abundance of caution for the concerns of the membership.
DMRX doesn't have a effective method to get the news out, but this group can and will help us communicate, especially during acute connectivity periods.
We will be announcing a new and much improved c-Bridge alias file service soon, better than provided by DMRX currently. We will have some updates on the DMRX dashboard and other services soon also. We are trying to keep DMRX afloat but the costs are pushing us to look in other directions as well.

This group supports c-Bridge consideration, acquisition and management for the Ham environment. This group is open to anyone with an interest in c-Bridges at any point prior its purchase or late into the programming of your c-Bridge as well as the RVN updates. Hopefully this group will grow into a valued resource be it for those considering a purchase or those who are trying to set up some complicated talkgroup handling.
Hashtags are required as they are the single best way to in a single click to organize the posts (with or without search) and then drilling down to information that has been buried by hundreds of newer posts. Some posts may be re-tagged as we move forward.
All that is required to join the group is to provide your name, call sign and location. If you put this information into your Subscription profile, you will be approved. If you don't, you won't. If you by chance are not a ham, you may still join. Please provide your interest in the group via your bio. Your interest may be as a vendor, developer or proficient c-Bridge programmer or advanced user.
The group is brand new, still fleshing out the features, hashtags and other admin drudge. So expect changes and check back later if you don't find it appealing at this early onset.
4As this is an open group, we request that you, please, if you play here in our sandbox, that you play nicely...personal BS, politics, religion will not be tolerated. This group will not morph into a catbox full of turds.